A-năs'to-mōse, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. ANASTOMOSED; p. pr. & vb. n. ANASTOMOSING.] [Fr. anastomoser, from anastomose, n., the same as anastomosis, q. v.] (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to communicate with each other, as the arteries and veins.

The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.